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Mike Huckabee: Biden Was Like ‘An Obnoxious Drunk’

Oct. 12, 2012 2:07pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Vice President Joe Biden behaved like “an obnoxious drunk” during his debate Thursday night with Paul Ryan, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said.

“I thought that Joe Biden came across like a guy you meet at a cocktail party or some political event, an obnoxious drunk who’s loud and boisterous and interrupts every conversation,” Huckabee said on Fox News. “He just is the kind of guy you want to get away from as quickly as you can and go find someone else to talk to. It was just boorish behavior for the first half.”

Critics have blasted Biden for smirking and laughing during the debate. For what it’s worth, Biden famously does not drink.

“I think somewhere during the debate he took Ritalin and he started calming down by the end,” Huckabee continued. “It was not the kind of thing that was very helpful to Joe Biden, his image with voters in the heartland of America who are taught to be polite, and he just wasn’t.”

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762x51
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:33pm
I disagree with Mike Huckabee.

Joe Biden is not “like” an obnoxious drunk.

Joe Biden IS and obnoxious drunk.

An elitist liberal liar, period.

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- HKS
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:50pm
  What kind of President and Vice President don’t speak for their administration? Who’s in charge over there? Biden is not speaking for the administration? Defiantly time to clean out that house.
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:47pm
  Mike Huckabee is acting like a pansy. HE WAS MEAN TO RYAN!
  
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- damon_k
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:34pm
  Actually our VP was more like a union thug. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:37pm
  DAMON: Have you ever considered actually purchasing some advertising space instead of mooching off The Blaze?
  
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- moonlight on the bay
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:53pm
  I question “like” as well. Holy moley, Biden behaved in that bizarre way last night and he DOESN’T drink??? Time to have labs drawn and review his meds. An no more Red Bull or Five Hour Energy drinks from here on out! Seriously? He really doesn’t drink? Unbelievable.
  
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- moonlight on the bay
  Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:06am
  I also questioned the word “like”. So we CAN’T blame Biden’s bizarre behavior on overindulgence in alcohol? Then it’s time to draw some labs and review his meds.
  
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- moonlight on the bay
  Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:09am
  Oops, apologies for an almost duplicate post. Thought the first one didn’t go through.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:28pm
Biden is reason enough to NOT vote for Odumbass ………

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- doomytram
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:48pm
  The Joker and Obozo are the helpless, hapless, pathetic clowns of the Universe. Communist Bozo’s!
  
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- dwilco77
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:10pm
  Joe didn’t mean to look like that – he just got over-botoxed for the debate, and his face stuck that way. Almost as funny as when John Kerry got the Orange spray-on tan a couple of days before his debate.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:22pm
Biden is still hitting the sauce. If he ever debates someone again they should give him a drug test first. He acted like a blithering idiot. He is a blithering idiot. He had help in this Raddatz azzole who at one time even was questioning Ryan along with Biteme. I would NOT debate unless I had a neutral moderator….or we traded moderators…one Republican one time and one Democrap the other.

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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:33pm
  If he’s still “Hitting the sauce” it because he doesn’t want to get carried away like you’re getting carried by the currents. There’s Eunuchs who are born that way, Eunuchs who are made that way by others, and Eunuchs who do it for the good of Heaven.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:46pm
  Haven’t you ever noticed how some school teachers get down right vicious about children day-dreaming in class? They can’t stand the thought of a child having a better place they want to be other than right there in class glorifying the teacher.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:49pm
  It’s as if the teacher might as well be saying “Get back down here in the water, I’m not done soaking you for all you’re worth.”
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:59pm
  It’s like I said: if you’re a human, you’ve been baptized whether you like it or not, but many will not accept it.
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:08pm
  Someone else is apparently hitting the sauce… or something mind-altering.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:04pm
  Is it its just Tim on a different med coctail? No offense to verce on the coc or tail part.
  
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aldol
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:20pm
not “like”
he is an obnoxious drunk

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- HKS
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:50pm
  I’ll just bet a breathalyzer would have been interesting and that’s on the positive side. That guy was on something.
  
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jungle J
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:19pm
biden is the definition of ninkempoop.

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Monica2
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:12pm
I don’t know the occupy stoner crowd have a new hero to emulate, frankly his behavior warranted a nurse walking him off stage with the promise of jello before bed.

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- snixy
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:18pm
  “If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.” –Proverbs 29:9
  
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BPMaine
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:04pm
watched the debate with my wife and my daughter who is age 13.

We all do P90x, and my daughter knows that Ryan does it as well and is in good shape. During the debate – she was getting so annoyed watching Biden smirk laugh etc., she said, man I wish Ryan would just go over and smack him.

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marcus_arealius
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:03pm
Biden is obnoxious sober, drunk, alseep, in a coma, smoking crack, it doesn’t matter.

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- Malrick
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:12pm
  With his daughter maybe.
  
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Ilikepeople
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:58pm
Sometimes the credibility of people who have learned the wrong things needs to be ruined by making them drunkards so that their children come by water and wine. One thing for sure, the more government men bring, the more drunkards God will bring. Oh never mind, I’m breaking the box of norm.

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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:03pm
  You first mistake is believing you have free-will.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:04pm
  If you don’t quit bringing government – your kids will all be junkies of one kind or another.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:07pm
  What are you doing with Norm’s box anyway?
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:15pm
  AvengerK,
  That’s funny. Anyways, you may feel yourself getting pulled by the waters of the flood, and so some become drinkers as a way to escape the current of the waters – they become Eunuchs. Millions upon millions have been swept away by the currents, and don’t even know it yet.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Come on, why else do you think a drunk likes stripping off their clothes waking up naked? Because the only way they feel naked in spirit is to be boozed up, because they don’t like going with the flows of the current. Ha, and you pharmaceutical salesmen like calling it a disease.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:58pm
I’m not sure Joe understood that this was a professional, nationally, televised debate, not happy hour at Billy Bob’s saloon. To sit there, gesturing, smirking, smiling, and constantly interrupting, made him look like an professional buffoon and an unprofessional debater. Martha Radditz lost control and never gained it back, plus even SHE was interrupting Ryan. For having to debate TWO people last night, he did pretty well.

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redbone007
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:53pm
Joe got into Obama’s beer before the debate.

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:52pm
I don’t know about Joe’s drunkness, but I do know that his obnoxious laughter was/is a coverup for lying, or lack of knowledge!

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KeithOlberdink
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:51pm
Biden’s obnoxious, rude and condescending performance appealed to the hard core left, that’s it.

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Eastinfection
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:48pm
‘For what it’s worth, Biden famously does not drink.”

….. does not drink ANYMORE.

Dry Drunks are sometimes even more obnoxious. They make a subconscious effort to produce adrenaline all the time to fill the void.

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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:01pm
  Can’t have fix A, then on to fix B, but there’s always another fix, because God will make you have a fix.
  
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intercepter
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:39pm
Hard to believe this guy is number two for the most powerful office in the world ,I still don’t understand how they got in ,an unknown Marxist who basically bought the job and his running mate Joe the sh!thouse lawyer from the local brotherhood of chemical sniffers union at the DuPont plant

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:19pm
  He’s number 2 allright!
  
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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:37pm
Right from the debate it was obvious Biden had either popped a couple of relaxers or had a couple drinks before the start of the debate. Nothing but a loud mouthed drunk.

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Verceofreason
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:36pm
Mike Whokabee?

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Ilikepeople
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:33pm
It’s kind of funny, but even the Apostle Nathaniel would call someone a piece of crap right to their face. It’s called not having guile, as in when Nathaniel said “Is there anything good that comes from Nazareth?”

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AvengerK
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:32pm
The base loved Biden’s unhinged performance and lies. Yes..lies…because what he said about what the administration knew about security requests from the embassy in Benghazi were outright lies. Worse yet for Obama..the story has broken out of the enemedia’s circled wagons and hitting the public discourse.

But Biden’s performance didn’t make him any friends among independents which Obama needs desperately.

It’s clear Ryan was told not to take Biden’s baiting. Biden’s behaviour was calculated to provoke Ryan and Ryan didn’t take that bait. So Biden kept laughing and gesturing and interrupting hoping to unsettle Ryan who outsmarted Biden and hit the required single. Just hit a single and let Romney carry it in the next debate. Romney is a lot more seasoned in that environment as the first debate proved. Romney will put the coup de grace on Obama on Tuesday.

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Ilikepeople
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:30pm
Lol. People don’t like Joe Biden because Joe has a personality, he’s not afraid to show passion in what he believes whether or not people agree.

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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:35pm
  Meanwhile Paul Ryan was sitting there saying to himself “Look at my dimples, just look at my dimples ladies, yes, yes feel the power.”
  
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- BPMaine
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:35pm
  I love people with personality – just not his. He has been on the wrong side of history every time. Hearing him talk about the iraq and afgan surge is crazy – he voted against them.
  
  He lied so many times last night. catholics should be outraged.
  
  Love personality – but with his personality he should not be vp.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:36pm
  I’ll take a person with a personality who tells a woman to get back in the kitchen over a collected android who says we’re all equal. Of course we aren’t.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:36pm
  No..this wasn’t the usual Biden flamboyance. The exaggerated laughing, head shaking and interrupting was tailored to provoke Ryan into a confrontation or a heated moment and Ryan didn’t take that bait. It was tailored to unsettle Ryan. Notice whenever Ryan was making a point that was gettng traction, Biden would interrupt? He wouldn’t let Ryan finish a point.
  Ryan was told..just hit a single..the boss will hit the home runs against Obama next debate.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:37pm
  People don’t like Biden because he has diahrea of the mouth; a “know it all”.
  
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- Ilikepeople
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:40pm
  BPMaine,
  Biden just grew up learning the wrong things, but he knows what the truth is, and that’s why he drinks.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:45pm
  Good analogy AK. I would say he hit a double though.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:06pm
  You could see it GONZO…Biden’s performance wasn’t the usual “This is deadly serious man” buffoonery we used to seeing from him. And look at his debate against Palin where he behaved differently again proves what I’m saying. Look..pundits that have known him a long time were surprised at his behaviour..this is very telling. Clearly it was planned.
  
  Biden was told…laugh, provoke, interrupt, make Ryan angry to get an unpracticed reaction out of him…make Ryan look shrill or unpleasant by attacking the Vice President with an unguarded moment.
  
  Ryan did what his team told him to do…all we need is a single, give us that and the boss will hit the home runs on Tuesday against Obama. Be cordial, be smart, get the stats which is your biggest strenght. Ryan did a tactical move.
  
  You could see Biden was rehearsed as he’d stumble every so often..He’d begin reciting the numbers in his head and catch himself then say the number he was taught. He’d stop a moment, look up and run it through his head before repeating it The mouse on the wheel in his head moving…and the rehearsed number would hit him eventually..and he’d recite..”oh yeah..$300 million dollars”..etc. Watch the video you can see Biden reviewing his rehearsed lines before speaking. The rest of the performance was to force Ryan off his game and Ryan didn’t take the bait. Romney is an accomplished debater and where the public is focused on.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:53pm
  GONZOCAKE . . . Yes, just hit a single . . . No! A double! But before the debate it was gong to be a walk off grand slam . . . “Ryan will crush Biden! I’ve been waiting for this for years. Let the destruction begin!”
  
  Biden made your boy look like a kid caught stealing grandpa’s Lucky Strikes. Gulping water and gasping for breath. Best Ryan did was tick a few foul balls, even less than your newly minted “hit a single” mythology. Ryan is a lightweight – the poster boy for the consequences of being overrated. He should stick with cheesecake photos.
  
  Gird your loins, boys, Romney’s next. What’s he gonna do, hit a sacrifice fly?
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:14pm
  Wango
  Don’t really want to bring this up in mixed company with people that don’t know and despise like the regulars, but with your suspension of reality and the manic demeanor… There are veterans groups that can help you get back on your feet again. Even if you just seek mental counseling from the Salvation Army, that would be a start. Then again, you seem more like the mad dog 40 or wild Irish rose type of “vet”.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:45pm
  FUBUFRED . . .That opportunity to be a man hasn’t come along yet, eh? Be patient. You’ll join our ranks some day. Until then, keep playing with your little green plastic soldiers.
  
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BPMaine
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:29pm
I think Joe was just showing off his new teeth. Kind of reminded me of the commercial of the dog with the big teeth… he is a baffoon though.. can you imagine him as president?

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=commercial%20dog%20with%20big%20teeth&FORM=BILH#view=detail&id=2079BDC3E6EA8AD865647CBCB1B2A86FEA91DC47

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tromso
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:26pm
Biden was the obnoxious regular at the bar, Martha the bartender, and Ryan the guy just passing through that she doesn’t have to cater to.

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neverending
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:23pm
I think the sorry sob acted even worse then a obnoxious drunk but this is what they are. Wake up American and especiallly you so called Christians that still won’t vote for a Mormon – you better wake up because if you don’t you won’t have to worry about another election.

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HollyRye
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:22pm
Boorish behavior, indeed! I was amused to read that Chris Matthews thought it was a slam dunk. Of course he did; he uses the same rude behaviors when he interviews people with whom he does not agree. Birds of a feather.

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- dwilco77
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:11pm
  All Chris knew was that the tingling in his legs felt really good.
  
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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:44pm
  Chris is a lost cause, never to enjoin the human race again,
  for he has been transformed into a DNC robot. Chris is very
  nearly at the same level as Uncle Joe – ready to ‘go postal’.
  Joe reminded me of a junkie in need of his next fix…..
  
  Dwilco77 – that tingling is probably just piddle…..once it
  cools off it won’t feel so good anymore…like after Nov. 6.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:19pm
You’re close Huck. He IS an obnoxious drunk!

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:25pm
  Damn G I was just about to type that.
  
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- Tractorboy
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:39pm
  Just think, one badly chewed pc a Kobe beef could put this guy in charge of the free world!!!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:43pm
  You gotta be quick Slayer! LOL
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:46pm
  GONZO . . .Foregoing those similes now, he? You do well to take my advice. Baby steps, GONZO, you’ll get there.
  
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